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“Well, that had to happen someti else?”

“Unless tu láve ot plenty Take a breath, we’ll take a turn, sa sa? You don’t have to do it all yourself”

“I’ve got to do so,” Bull said as the coh “I’ll be in touch”

Tense, low voices drifted in with the burned-aze focus on the blue-white ceiling above the bed he was strapped to

Holden was back They hadn’t killed hi that had the potential to destroy the fragile cooperation he was building, it would be the fight over who got to hold James Holden’s nuts to a Bunsen burner

Bull scratched his shoulder more for the sensation than because it itched and considered the consequences Protocol was that they’d question hi extradition hoever on the Earth side was investigating the Seung Un Bull’s guess was they’d beat him bloody and drop him outside The man was in custody, but he was responsible for too many deaths to assu the Rocinante again Maybe this time they’d answer Since the catastrophe, they’d been silent Their coht be staying silent as so or dead He requested a connection again and waited with no particular hope of being answered

Later, when they were outside the Ring, people could wrestle for jurisdiction as ether Maybe if he—

Against all expectation, the connection to the Rocinante opened A wonize appeared Pale skin, unrestrained red hair haloing her face The srease or blood

“Yes,” the woman said “Hello? Who is this? Can you help us?”

“My na shock and confusion before they could get to his voice “I’m chief security officer on the Behemoth And yes, I can help you”

“Oh, thank God,” the woman said

“So how about you tell me who you are and what the situation is over there”

“My name is Anna Volovodov, and I have a woman who tried to kill the crew of the Rocinante in… uency pack because I can’t get into the actual medical bay I taped her to a chair Also, I think she ether

“Why don’t you tell me about that?” he said

Captain Jakande was an older woman, silver-haired with a take-no-shit h he didn’t like it

“I still don’t have orders to release the prisoner,” Captain Jakande said “I don’t see that it’s likely that I’ll get them So for the foreseeable future, no”